Been MIA cause of vacation (and then post-vacation...stuff), but wanted to share the three lovely packages I received.

First was this lovely bag from TheSapphireMoon which worked PERFECTLY as a beach bag on my vacation (hence the delay in pics...wanted a shot of it in its "natural environment"My friends on the trip were all uber-jealous of my bag.

Then there was this lovely cowl from Shablina: I'm a big monochrome with a touch of red person so this is going to be perfect for me this fall....can't wait til the weather starts to cool a bit.

And last (but in NO way least), a really neat soft necklace and set of cards from cinnamon teal:I love the necklace and the design on the cards is so intricate and just *pretty*.

Just an FYI to the folks shipping to me (and our fair organizer)....I'm leaving town on Friday so if I don't receive/post before then, it's cause I'm out of town (won't be back til the 26th). My roommate will still be around to get the mail, so the packages won't be sitting on my porch forlornly or anything, I just won't be able to gush profusely about my goodies until I get back.

Oh, I TOTALLY need this....I actually did break up with someone over this (OK, not totally, I was already feeling pretty meh about him, but when I got to see his place and he didn't own any books, that pushed it over the line )

If you crochet and you use a pattern from a blog can you still sell that item even if it is a free pattern?

Most patterns, even those "free" on blogs, will include some sort of terms that say "not for resale" "for personal use only" or the like. Otherwise, you're profiting off of their work to create the pattern.